To the staff & worcs

a busy day of locking to do today in this blistering heat.

Stourbridge Junction

1st lock of the day

Looking up the flight

Converted pottery

a grandad and grandson playing with his new boat

Stourton Junction

Last lock of the day

coming out of the lock

Onto the staff & worcs

My view for the night

                                                                 5 Miles 20 Locks

To Dudley

yet another text message got me out of bed early this morning but i didn't mind as it was information i needed for our manchester trip, so we leave behind the Walsall canal and head onto the birmingham main line.

1st boat we have seen this week

film on the water

Walsall canal after reversing for the lock

To Ryders Green

Birmingham main line junction

lots of arms off these canals

Ryders green junction

to wolverhampto and birmingham

To Pudding Green

To Birmingham

Approching Netherton Tunnel

Netherton Tunnel

One of the vents

Half Way

The end is in sight

Here they come

on to black delph

Locks on the Junction

Delph Locks

and looking back

Waterfront Business Park Dudley canal

Brewers Wharf

Dudley Retail Park

                                                                  11 Miles and 19 Locks

Tame Valley

woke up to a cooler and fresher day this morning which is good as we had 11 locks to do and in the heat it's a nightmare, came across 3 empty pound's on the flight which had to be filled from above which also ended up being my job seeing as the boy's were getting a little frustrated to say the least.

Looking up Perry Barr flight

3 Pounds were like this

Looking back down the flight

CRT yard top of the flight

Artistic graffiti under the bridge

High above the houses

Not sure what these are but there's loads

Another one

Very high bridge

Most of the canal was this straight

That straight you didnt need to look haha

M5 link road bridge

Rushall junction

M6 moving away from the canal

Pilotless

 

Approaching the Aquaduct

M6 from the Aquaduct

Leaving it all behind

Tame bridge parkway station

Filling the pounds took us about 2 hours so we lost some time there, not seen a single boat on here since we joined the Tame Valley Canal neither moored or moving, there's not even a boat yard or marina here.
















    7 Miles  11 Locks